Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc.

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1000 N. West Street, Suite 1200

Wilmington, DE 19801

(302) 295-3800

Dear Fellow Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (“Inhibikase,” the “Company,” “we” or “us”) to be held at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on Friday, June 27, 2025.

We are very pleased that this year’s annual meeting will be a completely virtual meeting of stockholders, which will be conducted via live webcast, with no physical in-person meeting. You will be able to virtually attend the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders online and submit your questions during the meeting by visiting https://web.lumiconnect.com/235841686, password inhibikase2025. You will also be able to vote your shares electronically at the annual meeting. You will not be able to attend the annual meeting in person.

At the meeting, you will be asked to (i) elect two Class II directors to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”), each to serve until the Company’s 2028 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal; (ii) ratify the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, and (iii) approve an amendment to the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan to include an automatic “evergreen” provision and to extend the term of such plan. Detailed information with respect to these matters is set forth in the accompanying Proxy Statement, which we encourage you to carefully read in its entirety.

We look forward to greeting personally those stockholders who are able to attend the meeting online. However, whether or not you plan to join us at the meeting, it is important that your shares be represented. Stockholders of record at the close of business on May 1, 2025 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the meeting. We will be using the “Notice and Access” method of providing proxy materials to you via the Internet. On or about May 12, 2025, we will mail to our stockholders a Notice of Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) containing instructions on how to access our Proxy Statement and our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K and vote electronically via the Internet. The Notice also contains instructions on how to receive a printed copy of your proxy materials.

You may vote over the Internet, as well as by telephone or, if you request to receive printed proxy materials, you may also vote by mail pursuant to instructions provided on the proxy card. Please review the instructions for each of your voting options described in the Proxy Statement, as well as in the Notice you will receive in the mail.

Thank you for your ongoing support of Inhibikase.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Mark Iwicki

Mark IwickiChief Executive Officer

NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

Notice is hereby given that the 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”) of Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (“Inhibikase” or the “Company”), will be held via live webcast on the Internet on Friday, June 27, 2025 at 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time, for the following purposes:

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to elect two Class II directors, Amit Munshi and David Canner, Ph.D., to the Board of Directors, each to serve until the Company’s 2028 annual meeting of stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal;

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to ratify the appointment of CohnReznick LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025;

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to approve an amendment to the Company’s 2020 Equity Incentive Plan to include an automatic “evergreen” provision and to extend the term of such plan; and

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to consider and act upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any postponement or adjournment of the meeting.

These matters are more fully described in the accompanying Proxy Statement.

Only stockholders of record at the close of business on May 1, 2025 are entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof. We have decided that the Annual Meeting will be held in a virtual format only, via the Internet, with no physical in-person meeting. Stockholders will have the ability to attend, vote and submit questions before and during the virtual meeting from any location via the Internet by visiting https://web.lumiconnect.com/235841686, password inhibikase2025 and entering the 11-digit control number included in the Notice of Internet Availability or Proxy Materials (the “Notice”) or proxy card.

A complete list of these stockholders will be available in electronic form at the Annual Meeting and will be accessible for ten days prior to the Annual Meeting. All stockholders are cordially invited to virtually attend the Annual Meeting. On or about May 12, 2025, the Company will mail to its stockholders the Notice containing instructions on how to access our Proxy Statement and our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K, how to vote electronically via the Internet or vote by telephone, and how to request printed proxy materials.

Your vote is very important. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, we encourage you to read the Proxy Statement and submit your proxy or voting instructions as soon as possible by Internet, telephone or mail. For specific instructions on how to vote your shares, please refer to the instructions on the Notice you will receive in the mail, the section entitled “About the Annual Meeting” beginning on page 1 of the Proxy Statement or, if you request to receive printed proxy materials, your enclosed proxy card. Please note that shares held beneficially in street name may be voted by you at the Annual Meeting only if you obtain a legal proxy from the broker, bank, trustee, or other nominee that holds your shares giving you the right to vote the shares.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Mark Iwicki

Mark IwickiChief Executive Officer

Wilmington, Delaware

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials

for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders

To Be Held on June 27, 2025

The Proxy Statement, along with our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K, is available free of charge at the following website: http://www.astproxyportal.com/ast/23797.

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